Category: Photography History
Photography has a rich and interesting history spanning almost 200 years now, I use my wealth of resources in order to provide you with fun and entertaining looks into the past.
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The Minolta X-700: A History
The Minolta X-700 is a 35mm SLR introduced in 1981 and represents the last manual focus SLR by Minolta before the release of the Maxxum 7000 in 1985. Minolta’s brochure called it a “state of the art quartz-control electronic 35mm SLR” They boasted a first ever “shutter weighted system” meaning the camera is programmed to… Continue Reading
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The Super Accurate Darkroom in Spider-Man 2 For the PS5
I broke the bank and got Spider-Man 2 on launch day when I said I wouldn’t, maybe I saw one too many clips on YouTube but none the less I pulled out the ‘ol Master Card and when I got home spent the next few days glued to the set. Early on in the game,… Continue Reading
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A Quick Film Developer From 1950: Ethol 90
While some of you love the process of developing your own negatives, I’ve found it boring sometimes. Some of the developers out there take a long time. So, when I came across a seventy-four year old article talking about a 90 second quick film developer in production, I was intrigued. Then, when I went to… Continue Reading
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6 Essential Landscape Photography Tips from the 90s
In August 1997, both Popular Photography and Outdoor Photographer Magazines released landscape tips and advice curated from professional photographers. From this coincidence, one can only assume each had a mole in their respective editing rooms. I was curious if the advice given regarding landscape photography was much different in the 1990s than it is today.… Continue Reading
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Popular Photography’s First Issue
Time Capsules I love looking at old magazines. They feel like little time capsules, as they are a mix of pop culture and bite sized info that publications thought the general public wanted at any given time. I also find it fascinating what used to be considered acceptable and seeing the wax and wane of… Continue Reading
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Photography In the 1990s: Resources From 1997
Every so often, while I am indexing photography’s historical materials, I come across something I have to stop and smile at, in this case: a list of websites about photography in the 1990s. This was an interesting time because like this, much of the time you’d get a list of sites like this on paper.… Continue Reading
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The History of Minolta: 1989
1989 was an exciting year in photography. Autofocus SLRs were exploding. Canon and Nikon were staking their claim with their respective systems, but one company was already working on their second generation of these revolutionary automated wonders: Minolta. They changed everything with their Maxxum system in 1985 and would hope to do it again with… Continue Reading
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Canon T90: A History
The mid 1980s was a time of transition in photography. Many companies were adopting autofocus systems. It seemed as though Canon was taking a more traditional approach. They were producing and releasing what is arguably the most advanced manual focus camera ever made: The Canon T90. The Canon T90 was released in 1986, and is… Continue Reading
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Leica Ads of 1965
Have you ever owned or tried a Leica? Me, I’ve held a few and shot a couple, and I did videos on them, but one thing is for sure, we have all heard the name. Being a part of the analog photography community, it’s impossible not to come across an owner, or a photo in… Continue Reading
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Gold Plated Rare Film Cameras of the Past
If you’re interested in learning about or seeking to buy rare film cameras, look no further. In 1983 at the height of the golden age of cameras, Modern Photography published an article featuring literal gold cameras. Needless to say, it took a dedicated and wealthy photographer to purchase one. I was curious though, as to… Continue Reading
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